For as long as I’m on social media, I will quote-post any comment I see that references this piece. Truly one of the most interesting, educational, and exciting articles I’ve ever read.
A classic example of being too close to the source! But I always look forward extended family dinners where I can listen to buccaneering tales of outwitting the French on sandwich bread. Needs to hold a soggy prawn cocktail and also ham/cheese. This is the classic www.theguardian.com/news/2017/no...
For as long as I’m on social media, I will quote-post any comment I see that references this piece. Truly one of the most interesting, educational, and exciting articles I’ve ever read.
This is a very good essay by a zoning attorney in Baltimore. I’m especially glad that it highlights a little remarked-upon dynamic in our discretionary, exception-based land use permitting system: it deprives voters of the feedback necessary to adequately judge the effectiveness of regulations.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is a very good essay by a zoning attorney in Baltimore. I’m especially glad that it highlights a little remarked-upon dynamic in our discretionary, exception-based land use permitting system: it deprives voters of the feedback necessary to adequately judge the effectiveness of regulations.
While I have encouraged my kid to root for the hometown team, I did not teach him to randomly shout “Boo Yankees!” at me while I’m just trying to go about my business. That he got from what I have to assume is some chemical MWRA puts in the water.
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
While I have encouraged my kid to root for the hometown team, I did not teach him to randomly shout “Boo Yankees!” at me while I’m just trying to go about my business. That he got from what I have to assume is some chemical MWRA puts in the water.
Stopped by the Copley Square farmers market the other day and grabbed this Baldwin, a true Massachusetts apple and a real treat. Tough but not unpleasant skin, a firmness you don’t find in most grocery apples, and a really delightful interplay of sweet and tart. Go eat one today 🍎
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Stopped by the Copley Square farmers market the other day and grabbed this Baldwin, a true Massachusetts apple and a real treat. Tough but not unpleasant skin, a firmness you don’t find in most grocery apples, and a really delightful interplay of sweet and tart. Go eat one today 🍎
It’s not what this election was broadly about, but future candidates should learn this lesson: Henry Santana was the most vocally pro-housing at-large candidate, and he won reelection by a comfortable margin. Pro-housing policies are popular, and supporting them can make you popular.
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It’s not what this election was broadly about, but future candidates should learn this lesson: Henry Santana was the most vocally pro-housing at-large candidate, and he won reelection by a comfortable margin. Pro-housing policies are popular, and supporting them can make you popular.
High tides and "minor" coastal flooding forecast tomorrow morning (Tuesday, Nov. 4) through Sunday, expected to cause disruptions on Morrissey Blvd in #Dorchester
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
On the other hand, three houses’ view of Marina Bay is 100 percent undisrupted.
Going through two different Morrissey Blvd redesign processes has been the most radicalizing experience of my life when it comes to planning and policy making. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
Going through two different Morrissey Blvd redesign processes has been the most radicalizing experience of my life when it comes to planning and policy making. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
Paid a visit to the brand new downtown Anna’s Taqueria. What more can be said that hasn’t been already. Biting into a carnitas super burrito is like looking into the face of God and seeing her smile back and say “you are my most wondrous creation.”
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Paid a visit to the brand new downtown Anna’s Taqueria. What more can be said that hasn’t been already. Biting into a carnitas super burrito is like looking into the face of God and seeing her smile back and say “you are my most wondrous creation.”
Never dropped an H-bomb in my life before tonight, and it was on my kid. He was saying he knew that crimson was purplish color because of the crimson door in Minecraft. I said it was more reddish. He argued, and I finally said “I went to Harvard, our color was crimson, I think I’d know.”
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Never dropped an H-bomb in my life before tonight, and it was on my kid. He was saying he knew that crimson was purplish color because of the crimson door in Minecraft. I said it was more reddish. He argued, and I finally said “I went to Harvard, our color was crimson, I think I’d know.”
I worked at a Cub Scout camp for a few summers. One time, a pack decided to have lunch off-site and didn’t tell the mess hall. We had dozens of extra grilled cheeses, so staff had to eat them or they’d go in the trash. I ate 17 grilled cheeses that day. Sometimes I worry I’ll never be that happy.
I worked at a Cub Scout camp for a few summers. One time, a pack decided to have lunch off-site and didn’t tell the mess hall. We had dozens of extra grilled cheeses, so staff had to eat them or they’d go in the trash. I ate 17 grilled cheeses that day. Sometimes I worry I’ll never be that happy.
what’s really fun about this is when you dig into early american literature and see that the earliest colonists were terrified of the sinful city they just left and then the satanic, untamed wilderness they moved to and you realize american culture was literally raised to idealize the suburb
I try to make this point all the time. What makes housing affordable is one or a combination of three factors: 1. It’s old 2. It’s in bad shape 3. It’s in a market where housing is abundant. You definitionally cannot build 1 or 2. The third factor is the only one we have any control over.
It's true that it's essentially impossible for builders to build "naturally-affordable" housing in high-demand areas that haven't built a lot. The shittiest code-compliant new housing is still much nicer than most kinds of older housing and will rent for more.
September 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I try to make this point all the time. What makes housing affordable is one or a combination of three factors: 1. It’s old 2. It’s in bad shape 3. It’s in a market where housing is abundant. You definitionally cannot build 1 or 2. The third factor is the only one we have any control over.